Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Jokester
Introduction
"The Jokester" was originally broadcast on 19/Oct/1958 as part of the fourth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Synopsis
Mr. Bradley decides to play a joke at a mortuary. He pretends to be a corpse and scares an attendant named Pop Henderson. Later, Mr. Bradley is knocked unconscious by a victim of another of his practical jokes. He winds up at the morgue. He wakes up and tries to explain to Pop that he is just paralyzed. Pop doesn't believe him and locks him up in his slab. (TV.com)
DVD Releases
The following official DVD releases contain this episode:
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Four - Universal (USA, 2009) Amazon (USA) NTSC 1.33:1 |
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Robert Arthur - story
- Bernard C. Schoenfeld - teleplay
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Albert Salmi — cast: Mr. Bradley
- Roscoe Ates — cast: Pop Henderson
- James Coburn — cast: Andrews
- Jay Jostyn — cast: Morgan
- Arthur Batanides — cast: The Police Sergeant
- James Kirkwood Jr. — cast: Dave (as Jim Kirkwood Jr.)
- Charles Watts — cast: The Police Captain
- Baynes Barron — cast: The Bartender
- Claire Carleton — cast: Millie
- Richard Benedict — cast: Mike
Cinematography by:
- John L. Russell - director of photography
Edited by:
